Adna Wright Leonard Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Bishop
Adna Wrigh Leonard
Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Church:United Methodist Church
Diocese:Washington D.C.
Term:1916–1943
Ordination:1899
Birth Date:2 November 1874
Birth Place:Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Death Place:Fagradalsfjall, Iceland
Education:New York University
Drew Theological Seminary
The American School of Archeology in Rome

Bishop Adna Wright Leonard I (November 2, 1874  - May 3, 1943) was a Methodist bishop in Buffalo, New York, and the first chairman of the Methodist Commission on Chaplains. He was killed in 1943 in a plane crash on his way to Iceland to visit Methodist chaplains and their troops.[1]

Biography

He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 2, 1874, to Adna Bradway Leonard (1837–1916) and Caroline (Kaiser) Leonard (1840–1899). He was elected bishop in 1916.[1]

He married Mary Luella Day (1873–1956) on October 9, 1901, and had the following children: Adna Wright Leonard II (1904–1986); and Phyllis Day (Leonard) Budd (1907–2002).

He was elected to the episcopacy of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the 1916 General Conference. He served in San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.

Death

Leonard was killed on May 3, 1943, in the crash of the B-24 Liberator Hot Stuff at Fagradalsfjall in Iceland where he was traveling on his way to Iceland to visit Methodist chaplains and their troops.[1] Thirteen other people were killed in the plane crash, including Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews and Brigadier General Brigadier General Charles H. Barth Jr.

Career

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guide to the Adna Wright Leonard Collection . 2016-03-15 . Adna Wright Leonard (1874-1943), American bishop, was born November 2, 1874, in Cincinnati. He was the only son of Reverend and Mrs. A.B. Leonard. His father was the mission secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Leonard married Mary Luella Day on October 9, 1901. ... . United Methodist Archives and History Center .